Birth Quote by Todd Nelsen

“For a star to be born, there is one thing that must happen: a gaseous nebula must collapse. So collapse. Crumble. This is not…

— N.l

A supernova is one of the most powerful explosions in the universe. It's so luminous, it can be seen across billions of light years.…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“When a star explodes, it briefly (over the course of about a month or so) shines in visible light with a brightness of 10…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

“But high-mass stars fortuitously explode, scattering their chemically enriched guts throughout the galaxy. After nine billion years of such enrichment, in an undistinguished part…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“We shouldn’t deny ourselves the joyful, peaceful delight in continuing to look up at the glorious, starlit sky. One simply cannot deny its beauty;…

— Mishi McCoy

“the universe is big and old and, as a result, rare events happen all the time. Go out some night into the woods or…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

“For the first billion years, the universe continued to expand and cool as matter gravitated into the massive concentrations we call galaxies. Nearly a…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“We are all born stars, but some refuse to shine and others make it their life’s mission to glow.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I turn my telescope to Barnards Loop and M42, glowing in Orions sword. Stars are fires that burn for thousands of years. Some of…

— Jodi Picoult

The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built up from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty,…

— Louis B. Mayer

“Indeed, we humans bear witness to the process of evolution in the very composition of our bodies. The calcium that gives solidity to our…

— Steven J. Dick

The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship.

— J. Michael Straczynski